termaxima
@termaxima@slrpnk.net
- Comment on DVDs and public transit: Boycott drives people to ditch Big Tech to protest ICE 1 day ago:
No, we don’t “Believe they are not doing enough to oppose”, you slimy bastards ; we “KNOW that they are ACTIVELY HELPING”
- Comment on Horizon Hunters Gathering - Announcement Trailer | PS5 Games 2 days ago:
Concord 2 : Electric Boogaloo
- Comment on FBI controversial smartphone sting operation led to nearly 800 arrests in 16 countries 2 days ago:
Really hope GrapheneOS isn’t just Anom v2.0
Although to my knowledge I’m not doing anything illegal with it, but that doesn’t mean I like being spied on…
- Comment on Why Cops Frequently Got Caught Planting Drugs in 2017 | Look. All technology comes with a learning curve. 2 days ago:
This would be nice but it ignores the fact cops (like we have today) shouldn’t exist at all. Cops are not the only way to do law enforcement.
- Comment on The developers of PEAK, explaining how they decided on pricing for their game. 2 days ago:
That seems very subjective. Personally I always round prices correctly (yes I’m pedantic), and every 2.5€ block counts. So 7.99 ≈ 7.50 to me.
- Comment on "Benefit of the doubt" is a very important aspect of a game's success 3 days ago:
Sorry but this sounds kinda condescending to me. I know you’re trying to make a point about expectations affecting people’s judgement (which is obviously correct) but it really comes off as pretentious instead ; I hope this is not on purpose.
It feels like you’re saying “I thought about the game and asked questions while everyone was just dismissive and didn’t think, so it’s their fault for not enjoying it” (I know this is not what you said, I’m exaggerating so you can maybe see how you come off)
Ironically, by saying people shouldn’t be so dismissive, you are being quite dismissive of them. I think there are better ways to phrase what I believe to be your main argument (expectations affect experience), although I won’t pretend I’m great at those things (I probably sound quite condescending here ; I promise I’m actually trying to help)
- Comment on This Tool Searches the Epstein Files For Your LinkedIn Contacts 3 days ago:
Do read WHY they are mentionned, though. Most of his critics are mentionned a lot, and in that case it’s a good thing.
- Comment on CEO of Palantir Says AI Means You’ll Have to Work With Your Hands Like a Peasant 4 days ago:
Look, I hate the Americans with a seething passion as well, but they’re getting fucked over even more than we are right now.
Evil doesn’t suddenly become okay when you dislike the victims…
- Comment on CEO of Palantir Says AI Means You’ll Have to Work With Your Hands Like a Peasant 4 days ago:
comfortable office work to which most people aspire
What ? Do people even aspire to work in the first place ? And idk about you, but I’d rather have been a craftswoman if you could still live off of that.
- Comment on Borderlands 4 for Nintendo Switch 2 likely axed, as Take-Two says it’s ‘paused’ development | VGC 4 days ago:
It is !? I have just checked and it is ! Wtf ? I used to always be able to tell how well a console was selling by just checking my friend circles (even then Nintendo was over-represented) so I am VERY confused that the console is selling well while I simultaneously don’t know anyone who owns it 🤷🏻♀️
- Comment on Obsidian's The Outer Worlds 2 Underperformed, and There Won't Be a Third - IGN 4 days ago:
Yeah sorry, very easy to confuse ! Outer Wilds is one of the defining masterpieces of gaming, Outer Worlds is just alright.
- Comment on YSK that a good way to clear pepper spray from your eyes is water with baby shampoo 4 days ago:
I disagree. Hide the gear, in many circumstances they will arrest anyone obviously geared up before they even get to the event. Don’t draw a target on yourself and don’t make yourself like you’re here to fight, make them look as bad as possible by making it obvious they are attacking innocents.
If you show up in your own riot gear it makes them look like heroes. Being discreet is very important for the optics, obviously with a few small concessions made for protection.
For example, using an umbrella makes you look like a resourceful underdog, while using a homemade shield makes you look like someone who came for a fight.
You don’t want to look like you came to fight. You want to look like you came to peacefully protest, and they forced you to fight (notice I didn’t say you shouldn’t fight)
- Comment on Obsidian's The Outer Worlds 2 Underperformed, and There Won't Be a Third - IGN 4 days ago:
I mean, there’s no great secret, right ? The Outer Wilds is just an alright-ish franchise. Bethesda without the incompetence, but also without the hype.
- Comment on Borderlands 4 for Nintendo Switch 2 likely axed, as Take-Two says it’s ‘paused’ development | VGC 4 days ago:
It makes some sense, because basically no one has a Switch 2 anyway 🤷🏻♀️
- Comment on YSK that a good way to clear pepper spray from your eyes is water with baby shampoo 1 week ago:
I guess this is good advice but it also is too conspicuous. Pool goggles are discreet enough, you can have them around your neck under a scarf and quickly pull them up.
- Comment on Loops is Now on the App Store 1 week ago:
That makes no difference. The problem is the length and the passive acceptance of what the app serves to you.
- Comment on Loops is Now on the App Store 1 week ago:
I guess it is an “improvement” that we can replace corporate brain rot with community brain rot, but this isn’t going to change my mind about short form video.
- Comment on Piefed admin settings that allow to enable or disable content filters (they are disabled by default, see body for details) 1 week ago:
Sounds like these settings are very reasonable to have turned on. Although I would be cautious of how the “4chan” filter is implemented, it sounds easy to overdo.
- Comment on YSK that a good way to clear pepper spray from your eyes is water with baby shampoo 1 week ago:
But a better way to prevent it from getting there is pool goggles ! (and not ski goggles. Those have vents !)
- Comment on Elon Musk says Tesla ending Models S and X production, converting Fremont factory lines to make Optimus robots 1 week ago:
All I can hear is “Get ready to smash some clankers soon” ✨
Thank you mister Elon Musk for making the most advanced punching bags yet ! Pretty please, can you make it so they bleed when we destroy them ? Being splashed with android blood sounds absolutely glorious 👑
- Comment on Getting worn out with all these docker images and CLI hosted apps 1 week ago:
My advice is : just use Nix.
It always works. It does all the steps for you. You will never “forget a step” because either someone has already made a package, or you just make your own that has all the steps, and once that works, it works literally forever.
- Comment on RAM Prices Got You Down? Try DDR3. Seriously! 1 week ago:
It probably depends on what you do, but 16GB is still able to do everything I personally need from my computer. I wish I had more VRAM though, 12GB is getting a little short for some AAA releases (fortunately I rarely play AAA games)
- Comment on Lawsuit Alleges That WhatsApp Has No End-to-End Encryption 1 week ago:
“Your messages are public and being read by silicon valley creeps”
That easy enough to understand.
- Comment on RAM Prices Got You Down? Try DDR3. Seriously! 1 week ago:
My take : Prices got you down ? Keep the hardware you already have ! No one else can upgrade anyway, games requirements aren’t going up anytime soon.
Obviously that doesn’t cover you if you don’t already have a machine, in which case I would go DDR3.
But for those who do, does anyone upgrade anymore ? I’m on 2019 hardware and everything runs perfectly good. Oftentimes great !
- Comment on OnePlus update blocks downgrades and custom ROMs by blowing a fuse 1 week ago:
“OnePlus shoots own foot. Likely to blame consumers for it”
- Comment on flock + ring = ice 2 weeks ago:
How would an intruder ever know the difference ? Just set up a defective camera that you can get for a fraction of the price of a working one.
There is absolutely no way to tell whether the camera actually works or not. It does the same “scarecrow” job a real one would, but doesn’t need any of the infrastructure or upkeep.
- Comment on Microsoft gave FBI a set of BitLocker encryption keys to unlock suspects' laptops: Reports | TechCrunch 2 weeks ago:
Not your keys ? Not your data !
- Comment on Deadlock Major Update — Old Gods, New Blood 2 weeks ago:
How can the game get updates when it’s not even released yet ???
- Comment on Fable - Gameplay Teaser 2 weeks ago:
Wish we didn’t keep doing the “reuse the original title” thing. Entries should be numbered, or at least subtitled…
- Comment on Android won't kill sideloading after all, but new verification rules will make it harder 2 weeks ago:
Neither ! I use Obtainium, which allows you to get apps directly from the source, with the convenience of a normal app store for updating !
I usually look for apps on droid-ify, which is an alternative front end to f-droid, then whenever possible I copy the link of the source repo and install via Obtainium ; when I can’t I install the f-droid version via Obtainium as well (as a result, I have 0 apps installed by droid-ify, I only use it for search)
When I need an App Store exclusive app, I install it via Aurora Store (which downloads apps via shared anonymous accounts)
The only thing this system can’t get around is paid apps from the App Store. I have exactly one : Cookie Clicker. (I like the game in general so I paid to support the dev)